The Spirit of the Demon Sword: "Good fellow, you've certainly made your preparations."
General Yuwen: "It's not as if I want to. The key point is that a Red Demon Star has appeared over the Central Plains, and the seal that protects the land of China has been broken. If I don't perform the sacrifice, I can't defeat the demon right now."
The Blond Boy Sam: "The so-called Red Demon Stars are actually aliens. It feels like that world's very powerful too."
Junior Brother Dazhufeng: "If there are both Buddha and Nüwa, then it's probably similar to Sister Longkui's world."
Tanjirou: "It's a shame a few of our brothers are stuck on the planar battlefield and can't come for now. Otherwise we could open a passage and go straight from the Eternal God Realm."
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "Surprised… promotion between worlds comes with perks like that? You can go play in other worlds!!"
Li Er: "So you didn't know—once the world-channel is open, we priests can travel to other worlds."
Ninth Uncle the Demon-Slayer: "I didn't know… so feelings can work like that."
Young Master Murong: "To be precise, we can go to your world. We only need to petition the God to open a world-channel. But you can't come over—otherwise the spatial suppression will crush you."
The pressure in the Eternal God Realm is immense—
especially in the Eternal Palace.
Without sufficient strength,
you would be ground to dust the instant you arrived.
This was news revealed by his cousin.
General Yuwen: "Then that's interesting. I'll look forward to your arrival. My world likely won't require much effort now—wait for me."
Cemetery of Saints World.
"Twenty-Nine" tugs at every man's heart.
Everyone yearns to challenge those masters.
Since love had been trampled,
Chu Dashan: "Why? I don't want to be a good little baby anymore!"
General Yuwen: "It's only recently that I figured things out. After the Thousand Buddhas incident, I understand my goal. Without the God's grace I'd probably be just a mortal.
"Since I do have this power now, I should benefit humankind!"
Leader of the World Association: "Now that's true pride in a man. Don't look at my relatively low level in our world—real heroes work for the good of all under heaven!"
Xun'er: "The tyrant's really domineering. I'm not as bold as you—I can only expand the faith starting from my clan."
The Spirit of the Demon Sword: "I still don't know what your world's like, Sister Xun'er—introduce it to me~~~"
Xun'er: "Sure. My world is an era of fighting qi—similar to your aura and true energy."
Demon Hunter: "Oh? Douqi—I know that term. In the West we call it battle-qi. So it really exists. Do you have mages?"
Vampire Queen: "Definitely not. She said it's a world of fighting-qi."
The Blond Boy Sam: "If you want mages, go to the Moon Plane. Goddess Tosaka Rin said there are mages there, right?"
Type-Moon Plane.
There are mages in abundance.
Although by the end of the Age of Gods they had come to be called magicians,
the principle is the same.
Demon Hunter: "Then I'll be sure to go play on the Moon Plane sometime."
For Peace: "By the way, I just remembered—I didn't upload that video. Can you still watch it now?"
Pursuing Sentient Beings: "Aren't you spouting nonsense? I'm getting a toothache from chanting sutras every day—hurry up…"
Tanjirou: "+1"
The Fox Who Only Loves Money: "Start the car, beep-beep…"
The Spirit of the Demon Sword: "Horrified.jpg You all don't really want to 'drive,' right? I'm not even an adult yet…"
Pirates of the Caribbean: "You're only 'old' in the chat!"
The Spirit of the Demon Sword: "Sounds like you're tired of living, you old swindler!! A lady's age is never to be mentioned—or I'll kill you!"
Pursuing Sentient Beings: "Hahahaha…"
Ding—group member For Peace uploaded a video.
Yuwen Tuo was at home, sipping tea.
Gradually, his expression froze.
The video came in two parts.
Whether it was the magnificent oceanic world or the goddess's power, both left him amazed.
"So this is the power of a goddess… how could it compare with the powers of Nüwa or the Thousand Buddhas…"
Devil Fruits.
A Devil Fruit Tree.
One bizarre existence after another appeared,
and Yuwen Tuo was hooked.
So techniques could be used like that.
A Chinese Ghost Story—the world of ghosts.
After watching the video, Yan Chixia was full of envy.
That group member could transform into a true dragon.
How dashing.
If he could transform into a dragon—or a qilin or something—
when he returned to receive divine grace, he would have to consider his options carefully.
Outside, Nie Xiaoqian had gathered a cluster of solitary ghosts and begun building an intelligence network.
Compared to the living,
ghosts are the fastest at gathering information.
And there were no restrictions on who could join the faith.
Surveillance, twenty-four hours a day.
"Reporting to the Priestess—the news from the capital is that the National Teacher seems to be a thousand-year monster, trying to swallow the dragon-vein to become immortal."
A little ghost gave the report to Nie Xiaoqian.
She nodded in satisfaction.
"All right, you can go. This time, find out what sort of enemies this National Teacher has—preferably a mortal rival."
"Yes."
A moment later, the wind howled.
The ghost was gone.
...
Moon Plane (Type-Moon).
Ishtar hefted the Heavenly Bow, Ma'ana, and came to Gilgamesh.
At the sly look on his face,
she knew nothing good was in store for her this time.
"Coming to me for once without demanding tribute? What's with all the jewels?"
The goddess of Venus leaned back against the wall, gaze probing.
Gilgamesh said nothing, and tossed her a dossier.
It detailed what was about to happen—
and the matter of her sister, "Ailei-chan."
"Oh? Quit joking. How could my sister be here!!"
"Stupid goddess—do you think I'm merely the Gilgamesh of old? I'm a believer in the Eternal God now."
"That… what is the Eternal God?"
Ishtar's face went blank.
She could still understand the god Zeus,
but Eternal God?
A new deity!
"The Eternal God is the ultimate deity beyond all things—nothing like a false god such as you. Now just do as I say, and we can avoid the end of the world ahead of schedule!"
"Fine—what do you want me to do?"
"First, you need to learn this."
"Eternal Meditation?"
Ishtar frowned as something pressed into her mind.
What was this?
The power of a god?
But it didn't feel like it.
"Idiot—this is a gift from the Eternal God. It'll hone your divine vessel. By the way, since your sister can use your body, you can trade places with her!"
"So you want to seize the underworld?"
"Exactly. Tiamat hasn't yet received the Holy Grail—she's still asleep—and Kingu is blocked. As long as we move quickly, everything can end early."
Gilgamesh's eyes slid to Siduri, unreadable.
In his own memory,
this gentle, virtuous girl had been taken by monsters, twisted into a grotesque, and finally died to protect Kingu.
This time—he would not let that happen.
At that moment, Siduri looked to Ishtar and said, "At present, we've successfully won over Quetzalcoatl of the Three-Goddess Alliance."
"The feathered serpent among the three pillar goddesses was that easy to talk down?"
Ishtar clearly didn't buy it.
A figure walked out from the hall.
A faint smile curved her lips.
"Why impossible? So long as my safety is guaranteed and the world can be made happy, I'm willing to yield."
"You… you really surrendered."
"Yes."
Ishtar cocked her head, then suddenly realized: "You didn't happen to get defeated, did you?"
Quetzalcoatl's expression went rigid.
Defeated was putting it mildly.
She had been ravaged.
Only the gods knew why Golden Sparkle's power had grown so much stronger.
And it had been two-on-one.
How could she not lose?
"You don't need to worry about what happened to me. And as for your bull—didn't lose it, did you!"
"Of course I didn't lose it…"
Ishtar's eyes skittered away.
Obviously—the Bull of Heaven was gone!
"Well, it's fine if you don't have the Bull of Heaven. Let's move on to the next point. First—the Holy Grail. It's stored in my body. Without it, it's hard to mass-produce Beasts.
"But once we depart, we can't rule out what action Gorgon may take."
Gorgon, the Goddess of Monstrosity, was tied to Tiamat.
If they didn't poke her,
then Tiamat would remain asleep for the time being.
That was their window.
"Let's settle the small matters first. After everyone's power has grown, I'll consider how to deal with Gorgon. In any case I have only one guiding principle: no one dies."
Golden Sparkle's aim was crystal clear.
The fewer the dead,
the greater the faith offered.
And thus the Eternal God could take this world in hand.
Ishtar said helplessly, "Okay… okay—can't I just let her out? Honestly…"
An hour later, the goddess of Venus fell asleep.
The goddess of the underworld awakened.
Ailei-chan appeared.
The blonde, red-eyed girl was gentle,
none of her sister's reckless streak.
She was captivating at a glance—
that's how a goddess should be.
"I am Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld. I understand what you're proposing… but have you considered how to handle Gorgon?"
"Rather than asking how to deal with her, better to think how to set Tiamat on the right path!"
"What do you mean?"
Gilgamesh stood, pride blazing. "As one of humanity's Seven Evils—the goddess who governs the principle of 'return to the womb'—if we can restore her to her proper state, our world will welcome a goddess!"
"You intend to sacrifice her?"
Enki was shocked by Golden Sparkle's thought.
But then he considered it—it could work.
The Eternal God already had so many goddesses; as the mother of all life, Tiamat would surely catch His eye.
"Then what should we do?"
"Increase our strength—and then wait for Merlin to appear, and use him to enter the dream-realm!"